And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Edom, hoping that he would favour their escape, or because that part seemed the weakest.